posted on 2024-02-18, 17:27authored byGreat War Archive Project Team
For the Silver War Badge, awarded after John Laybourne's discharge as medically unfit for service.
Private 28761 John Charles Laybourne, 'C' Coy. 19th (Service) Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, having been discharged as medically unfit for further service, 14th April 1916, joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1917 (there is a discrepancy in the dates given by his paperwork, which suggest 1918) as an Aircraftsman Second Class (service no. 185738), and later served abroad with the Royal Air Force.
History
Identifier
7004.jpg|
GWA_6059_caerscan0113.jpg|
Subject
Laybourne, John Charles
Date
10th July 1917
Date Created
10/07/1917
Source
Leaf
Medium
Paper
Type
Official document
Contributor
Richard Marshall | Richard Marshall | Norma Owen
Submission Event
Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum, Caernarfon Castle Submission Day, 8th May 2008
Rights
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor